Mop-head



` H. H. MASON.

MOP HEAD.

Patented Feb. 15

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(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. MASON, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

MOP-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,846, dated February1.5, 1887.

Application filed June 17, 1886. Serial No. 205,390. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. MASON, of Springeld,in the county ofWindsor and State of Vermont, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Mop-Heads, of which I declare theiollowing to be a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification. i

This invention has forits object animprovement in mop-heads; and theinvention consists in a mop-head constructed and combined iu the mannerand for the purpose with partieularity hereinafter shown, described, andclaimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure lis a side view ot' mymop-head with a mop-rag secnred therein. Fig. 2 is a section in the lineas x, Fig. l.

Similar letters of referenceV indicate like parts in both figures.

The wel] Aknown mophead is improved, simpliied, and cheapened bymyinvention,which consists of' a mop-head with a tubular screw, A-thatis, the shank a of the screw is made hollow or tubular, u ith threads bformed on its outer surface. To the lower end of the screw is fixed inany way desirable a cross-head or lixed jaw, B, its two ends terminatingin guides c and d at right angles to the cross-head. A movable jaw,(/,is next provided with a central opening, through which passes the shankc ofthe screw A. fhe ends of this movable jaw are recessed to receivethe guides Gand d. On the screw A is fitted anut, D, immediately abovethejaw C, and into the tubular screw A may be fitted a haft, E, whichcompletes the general construction ofl my mop-head. It is utilized byinserting between the cross-head B and jaw O a mop cloth, F. This clothis held in position by screwing down the nut D, which forces the jaw Cin close contact 'with the cloth F and clamps it between the jaw O andthe cross-head B. The cloth so clamped to the mop-head is used in theordinary manner.

From the foregoing description of the construction and operation of mymop-head it will be obvious to one familiar with mop -heads that mymophead is simple, strong, light, and comparatively inexpensive, and itpossesses the very lgreat advantage of easily securing the mopcloth inplace without requiring much effort, and of affording by its tubularscrew a ready means of attaching the handle to the head. All the metalparts may be made from cast-iron and be fitted together withoutsubsequent fitting.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A mop-head constructed with the following elements in combination: atubular screw, A, with a cross-head, B, having guides 0 and d fixedthereto, a movable jaw, O, through which passes said screw A, and whichis guided by the guides cand d, and a screw-nut, D, fitted on the screwA, whereby thejaw C may be operated, as and for the purpose described.

HENRY H. MASON.

In presence of G. n. PLYMPTON, D. A. CARPENTER.'

